SUCCESS..
I happened to stop at a small hardware store on my way home. I mean this place was no bigger than my garage. There on the shelf was the last tube of Duco.... I'm setting up the bench to begin putting the binding together..
Restoring a 1968 gretsch Tennessean (6119)
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Jul 2, 2008 6:13 p.m. tadut:
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Jul 2, 2008 8:41 p.m. lowbrow:
Love these threads!
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Jul 2, 2008 9:39 p.m. wenzel:
Keep the pics coming. I'm dying to know what's going on!
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Jul 2, 2008 9:44 p.m. tadut:
New binding being laminated. It's was a little tricky but didn't seem to intense. so far so good,, I think.
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Jul 3, 2008 10:40 a.m. JackDaniels:
Looking good Tom. I was always gonna buy one of those little laminent jig thingys. I started to build one for Andy's guitar but decided to just bind the guitar in layers instead. It works the same in most cases...and in some cases it is easier to get around the cutaway curves in thinner sheets. Take your time, use a hair dryer or heat gun to pre shape your bindings and you should be good to go.
I am also watching this thread to see what I can learn!
JD
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Jul 4, 2008 11:00 p.m. tadut:
Thanks JD.
Yea, I wasn't sure if I could glue the binding to body in two separate strips so StewMac gave me a good excuse to get another tool for the box.
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Jul 4, 2008 11:13 p.m. tadut:
In a previous post I had mentioned that I wasn't sure what was going to be done with the headstock. Well, upon further inspection a previous repair was uncovered. Two to be exact.
It looks like a few chunks were filled with glue or epoxy or something and painted. After a discussion with the pro, The suggestion was to square and flatten the void. we can then fill the void with a solid piece of timbre rather than just epoxy or filler as the old repair was.
Stage 1, Square and flatten the voids.
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Jul 14, 2008 11:00 p.m. tadut:
Ok,
I'm back from a little vacation in Florida and what a good thing too. This was clearly the most painstaking process for me. Gluing the binding and wrapping it up was pretty intense.
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Jul 19, 2008 3:43 p.m. tadut:
The binding is on and it looks like a shiny new penny in the dirt. the binding is scraped and almost ready for the tint to age the shiny penny.
I'll need to do a little consulting on the lacquer and how to apply it and how long to let it set.
The headstock voids have been filled and will get some grain filler tonight.
I'll have a few more pics soon.
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Jul 20, 2008 3:09 a.m. guitarguynz:
That work bench is missing all important bottle holder...sometimes working on guitars requires some internal lubrication...'06 Scicilian Nero d' Avola is my choice right now...
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Jul 20, 2008 4:05 p.m. otterbean:
If anyone else is looking for Duco cement, there is usually a large supply on the adhesives aisle next to the paint section in most Wal-Mart stores. Its not just for gluing bindings on guitars.
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Jul 20, 2008 4:11 p.m. wenzel:
tadut, so have you unravelled that mummy yet? I'm dying to see the headstock progress as well as the new shiny binding!
Rock on with yo bad self!
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Jul 20, 2008 6:46 p.m. tadut:
After I found it in a local HW store for 2.39 + tax. I happened to see it in Wally World for 99 cents.
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Jul 20, 2008 11:51 p.m. Just_Dropped_In:
Hey tadut, do you recall what size bindings you ended up using?
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Jul 21, 2008 10:07 p.m. tadut:
Yes,
Bought from StewMac. For the body it was .40 x .250 black .40 x .250 white which was bound together as seen above.
Then .60 x .250 for the neck binding which has not been started yet.
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Jul 21, 2008 11:29 p.m. Just_Dropped_In:
My '66 Tenny seems to be around .20+ for the black and .60 for the white. The specs may have changed with the Baldwin era. Just got all the bindings off today, something I always dreaded doing, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
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Jul 24, 2008 12:11 p.m. AlienRendel:
Very cool thread. I have a '68 Tennessean also that somebody refinished before I bought it (in 1990).
Really interested to see how your project progresses.
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Jul 24, 2008 12:15 p.m. bigfoot yancy:
Great Thread, Tadut!
Plus 1
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Aug 9, 2008 2:17 p.m. tadut:
Well,
Still working on a tinted lacquer on the binding. Seems that this lacquer does not like sticking to the binding.
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Aug 9, 2008 9:55 p.m. donwood:
A lot of folks following this thread I think. Thanks for doing this for us Tadut. Another case of not being able to vote someone up. I would if I could but vote don't work on my computer. Thanks again and very nice work, even w/o the bottle holder.
Don
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Aug 30, 2008 5:55 p.m. tadut:
Wow. Sorry Guys and Girls. I've been slacking for a couple of weeks. Here we are scraping down the new Neck Binding. It's going pretty well so far.
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Aug 30, 2008 5:59 p.m. tadut:
The Dremel was purchased today to make holes for the side markers. For the interested. Please note the built in cup holder to the left of the Lighter fluid.
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Aug 30, 2008 6:08 p.m. tadut:
For the interested. Here was a sheetrock knife blade that had a good life.
I hated to just throw him away so I told him he can spend the rest of his life working as a shim under the locking bridge on my old Squier.
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Aug 30, 2008 6:21 p.m. mugsy:
Hey, I didn't realize Allparts had red side dot material! (Attempted) +1 for you
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Aug 30, 2008 9:01 p.m. tadut:
Now that I have the Dremel, I could use a router base for fret slots and such. StewMac has one and it's 50 bucks.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Dremel_rotary_tools,_attachments/1/Precision_Rou...
Then there's one at Home Depot down the road for 30 bucks.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&am...
Not owning a dremel before I don't know if I need to spend the extra money at StewMac or will the HD due.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks
